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Fairhill Gold Golden Penda
Xanthostemon chrysanthus ‘Fairhill Gold’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Fairhill Gold Golden Penda - Xanthostemon chrysanthus ‘Fairhill Gold’
Golden penda is the tropical tree that flowers in gold rather than the usual reds and pinks, and Xanthostemon chrysanthus ‘Fairhill Gold’ is a nursery selection grown for heavier, more dependable flowering than seedling stock. It holds a tighter, more upright frame than typical seedlings, which makes it usable on suburban blocks and in narrow street reserves where the species can sprawl. Choose it where a warm climate garden needs a genuine flowering tree rather than another glossy green screen.
Why Golden Penda
Flower Colour: Large clusters of fluffy, deep golden yellow flowers cover the canopy, most heavily from autumn into early winter with lighter flushes at other times.
New Growth: Fresh foliage flushes bronze to coppery red before hardening to glossy dark green, giving the tree two seasons of colour.
Compact Frame: Denser and more contained than seedling golden pendas, which keeps it in scale with residential gardens.
Bird Magnet: Lorikeets and honeyeaters strip the flowers, making it one of the better nectar trees for subtropical gardens.
Heat and Humidity: It thrives in the wet summer, mild winter conditions of coastal Queensland and northern New South Wales where many exotic flowering trees decline.
Ideal Applications
Feature Tree: Planted singly in a lawn or courtyard where the autumn flowering can be seen from the house.
Street and Boulevard Planting: Widely used in subtropical council plantings for its predictable size and long flowering.
Resort and Poolside Gardens: The glossy foliage and clean habit suit tropical planting schemes without heavy leaf drop.
Tall Screen: Spaced closely it builds a dense flowering screen along a boundary in frost free districts.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2.5 to 3.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Spring through to early autumn while soil temperatures are warm
Soil & Drainage: Deep, well drained soil with organic matter, ideally slightly acidic and consistently moist, never cold heavy clay that stays wet in winter
Establishment Care: Water two or three times a week over the first warm season and mulch generously to keep the root zone cool and even in moisture. Feed with a controlled release fertiliser in spring and shelter young trees from frost, which will scorch soft growth in cooler inland districts.
Plant Details
Height: 5 to 8m
Width: 3 to 5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun for best flowering, tolerates part shade
Native to: Tropical north Queensland rainforest and riverbanks
Flower Colour: Golden yellow
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







